School Awards
Our Most Recent Awards
![MUSD Named Best Place to Work, Best Community Leader!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711579289/maranausdorg/gpgdd2e3m25bkibgbvgo/BONWebThumbnail325x355_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1711579289/maranausdorg/gpgdd2e3m25bkibgbvgo/BONWebThumbnail325x355_1.jpg","width":325}])
Marana USD has several winners in the Best of the Northwest contest! Voted #1 Best Place to Work for a third year in a row, we have many schools, teachers, and leaders to celebrate!
![Celebrating Excellence: RRE Celebrates being an A+ School of Excellence!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746209919/maranausdorg/hdlcpu25rxvblfhin4fp/RREA300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746209919/maranausdorg/hdlcpu25rxvblfhin4fp/RREA300x300.jpg","width":300}])
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School Celebrates A+ School of Excellence Recognition with a Day of Fun and Festivities!
![MUSD Named Best Place to Work Four Years in a Row!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742394995/maranausdorg/u1fwvuiymefn542pd20d/MUSDBONSocial2025300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1742394995/maranausdorg/u1fwvuiymefn542pd20d/MUSDBONSocial2025300x300.jpg","width":300}])
MUSD Voted #1 Best Place to Work for a fourth year in a row in the 2025 Tucson Local Media Best of the Northwest competition! Plus Best School, Best Principal, Best Teacher and Best Mascot!
![Rattlesnake Ridge Earns A+ School of Excellence!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1740434393/maranausdorg/cdnf6dn9xeuywlawrcd4/ASchoolofExcellenceLogo300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1740434393/maranausdorg/cdnf6dn9xeuywlawrcd4/ASchoolofExcellenceLogo300x300.jpg","width":300}])
Rattlesnake Ridge earned the coveted A+ School of Excellence™ Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation, the highest state-level recognition given to a public school!
![Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary Achieves Level 2 HRS Certification!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736882976/maranausdorg/wb9sevu9hc3muit20ztj/IMG_8842-300x300.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736882976/maranausdorg/wb9sevu9hc3muit20ztj/IMG_8842-300x300.jpg","width":300}])
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School Earns High Reliability School (HRS) Level 2 certification, Ensuring Effective Teaching in Every Classroom!
![Rattlesnake Ridge Awarded PBIS Model School!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1730495081/maranausdorg/qeoau7m2yzphfv9vphil/AZPBISmodelschoolbadge-300x300.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1730495081/maranausdorg/qeoau7m2yzphfv9vphil/AZPBISmodelschoolbadge-300x300.png","width":300}])
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School was recognized by PBIS AZ for their hard work implementing PBIS practices at their school, receiving the Model School Award.
An Award Winning School!
The following is a list of awards earned by our school, staff, and school academic and athletic programs:
2024
- State Letter Grade of "A"
- A+ School of Excellence
- Level 2 High Reliabilty Certification
- Best of the Northwest "Best Place to Work"
- PBIS Model School Award
- PBIS Level 4 Award
- Summer Success Program: Award of Excellence
2023
- Level 1 High Reliabilility Certification
- Level 4 PBISAZ Award
- PBISAZ Model School Award
- Bryant Banzhaf, Runner-up in Pima County Spelling Bee
- "A" State Letter Grade
2022
- Best of the Nothwest: Best Teacher
- Best of the Nothwest: Best K-6 Principal
- Best of the Nothwest: Best K-6 School
- PBISAZ Award Winning School
- Energy Saver School of the Month
2021
- Mrs. Heather Johnson (PE) named Innovative Teacher of the Year